AlienFTM Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 An intriguing book. Not something I would have bought myself but SWMBO wanted to buy me a book and this was the nearest to something I'd have bought had I wanted to. The book very cleverly interweaves fact and fiction to tell how the inaugural winner of the Monaco Grand Prix (listed enigmatically in F1 records simply as Williams) and his main rival and soon to be comrade in arms Robert Benoist become legends in the Bugatti team. Upon outbreak of the Second World War, Williams is recruited by SOE. If I tell much more it will spoil it, so I shan't. Not your usual war story, spy story, adventure story, love story but a bit of all of them. Long bibliography and the author claims credit for getting a rare admission from MI6 that they were wrong (wrt the end of the book). I quite enjoyed it, even if it isn't what we in the business call war porn (think Sven Hassel, Leo Kessler, James Rouch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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